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Essential Management Skills for Emerging Leaders

Virtual module I

On-campus module

April 30–May 4, 2018

Virtual module II

May 5–July 3, 2018

August 1–October 12, 2018 | $5,895

Virtual module I

August 1–12, 2018

On-campus module

August 13–17, 2018

Virtual module II

August 18–October 12, 2018

Companies across every industry are facing complex organizational challenges that require the rapid development of new and agile leaders. More than ever before, emerging leaders must quickly learn and deploy core management skills, develop a broad strategic perspective, take their leadership skills to the next level, and expand their professional and personal networks.

Presented over three months, this intensive program is designed to help new managers master core business concepts and build key skills in six subject areas, including leadership, strategy, and finance. Participants will gain a cross-functional view through sessions led by instructors specializing in each subject area and through project-based learning.

Program Benefits

Develop a solid understanding of the core business areas every manager should know. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

Leadership

Strategy

Communication

Finance

Marketing

Culture

Innovation

Build organizational and team management skills

Learn to map your personal leadership and learning journey

Improve your collaboration and presentation skills

The program also serves as a gateway to other Professional Development Programs at Harvard's Division of Continuing Education, where you can build on your foundation and develop advanced skills in key areas. After successfully completing this program, you become eligible for a 20 percent discount on future open-enrollment programs.

Topics Covered

Master the core business areas every manager needs to know

Build organizational, team management, and networking skills

Understand how managers interact across business functions

Improve your collaboration and presentation skills

Develop a project that addresses an organizational challenge

Build peer support for your team's projects

Identify your operational and strategic gaps

Discuss leadership challenges and strategies with peers

Map your personal leadership and learning journey

Expand your professional and personal networks

Who should enroll

This program is ideal for aspiring or new managers who are looking to rapidly increase their management skills and strategic perspective, taking on additional responsibility, and seeking to be effective in their organization. The program is also appropriate for individuals who are seeking an understanding of high-level business concepts in an intensive format.

Managers who currently hold a senior leadership position may be better served by one of our more targeted program offerings, which you can explore here.

Participation in all three months is required for successful program completion.

PROJECT COMPONENT

As a participant in this program, you will complete a project that will provide a growth opportunity for you as an emerging leader in your organization. The project aims to:

You will begin to develop your project while on campus, and continue to work on it over the course of virtual module II. You will receive feedback from your peers and instructors throughout your project development. Upon registering for this program, you should be thinking about how your development goals may translate into a project idea.

Master basic concepts in leadership, strategy (half-day), communication, finance (half-day), marketing (half-day), and culture and innovation.This module includes daily debrief sessions, case studies, team exercises, and a personal project and presentation. By the end, you will have developed a project plan for addressing a challenge specific to your organization.

Topics and instructors subject to change.

Leadership

Knowing yourself

Managing yourself

Managing a team

Managing up and sideways

Strategy

What is strategy?

What does strategy mean to the manager and organization?

Applying strategic thinking

Finance

Time Value of Money

Financial Analysis

Communication

Persuasion

Storytelling

Modern audiences

Presentation skills

Marketing

Identifying & understanding your customer

Developing your marketing messages

Culture & innovation

Why innovation matters today

Organizational culture

Case discussion

Begin your learning journey by reading articles and cases relevant to each of the core content areas covered on campus. Discover your top five leadership strengths as you complete an assessment in preparation for your initial online program session. During this first interactive

web conference with your lead instructor, you will also get to know your fellow participants virtually before arriving for your week at Harvard.

Program Fee

Location

Instructor

Julie M. Wilson, Founder of the Institute for the Future of Learning and an advisor to entrepreneurial students at Harvard's Innovation Lab, has over fifteen years experience as a leadership consultant, trainer, and coach working with a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients across the US and Europe. As a learning and development consultant at Harvard University, Julie was the recipient of the ‘Harvard Hero’ award for outstanding contributions to the University.

Taz Hussein is a partner in the Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit consulting firm that advises mission-driven organizations on matters related to strategy, funding, and talent. Earlier in his career, Hussein worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and in the Strategic Planning Group at American Express. He has consulted with companies in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and has volunteered his services to Boston-area nonprofits through Harvard Business School’s Community Action Partners program. Hussein serves on the board of Playworks and the Board of Overseers for the SpeakEasy Stage Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Areen Shahbari is a social entrepreneur, a business consultant, and a lecturer on entrepreneurship, strategic management, marketing, and effective communication at Harvard University Extension School and Simmons School of Business. She provides consulting services to local and international entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial companies, leads travel courses that focus on women leadership and entrepreneurship, serves on business and entrepreneurship panels, and leads workshops and training on networking, negotiation, entrepreneurship, communicating across cultures, and persuasion. Shahbari has taught in the United States, Chile, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco, Turkey, and Mexico. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of Cactus Int., a company that she founded in 2013 to promote women entrepreneurshipin the Middle East and North Africa Region.

Jennifer Stine is an independent consultant, teacher, and innovator with expertise in the development of world-class executive and professional programs. From 2008 to 2012, she served as managing director of professional education at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Prior to joining MIT in 2002, she worked as an entrepreneur in technology consulting and served as documentation team lead and training co-lead on a major Oracle implementation at the California Institute of Technology. Stine holds three degrees from Stanford University.

Bruce Watson is a lecturer who teaches courses in economics and finance at Boston University, including a yearly stint teaching math for finance in the master of science in mathematical finance program. Watson also keeps his hand in the “real world” of finance by consulting and teaching with a large hedge fund in New York. Previously, he spent six years as a futures analyst and trader before pursuing graduate work in economics at the University of Colorado and Harvard.

William Ellet is a respected expert on writing, particularly in business, persuasion, rhetoric, and presentation skills. He is an adjunct professor of management communication at Brandeis University International Business School. He also teaches courses in critical thinking, writing, and presenting for the University of Miami Executive MBA Program for Athletes and Artists, and has previously taught similar courses in an Executive MBA program offered by George Washington University.

Ellet facilitates for the Harvard Business Publishing Case Method Training Seminars, presents in the Harvard Business School MBA and Executive Education Programs, and has served as a writing consultant and coach for the MBA Program for over twenty years.